• Are you enthusiastic about making a positive impact in the Hills and Fleurieu region?
• Would you enjoy collaborating with land managers to care for land, water and nature?
• We’d love to hear from you!

The Opportunity

The Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board are looking for an expert Senior Water Planner to help us deliver our water planning functions within the region. Key areas of responsibility include policy leadership, plan implementation, project delivery and stakeholder engagement. 

About Us

The Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board (HFLB) is one of nine regional boards in South Australia, including a metropolitan board called Green Adelaide, that support their local communities to manage soils, water, pests, and biodiversity. These boards invest landscape levies into regional priority issues as well as leveraging Australian Government funding towards managing and protecting our productive and natural landscapes. More information can be found here.

Our people are local experts and connectors. We are passionate about our work, and understand the need for urgent and ambitious action to overcome the challenges facing our landscapes. We walk together with First Nations people, landholders and the broader community to care for land, water and nature.

Benefits

At the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board, we offer our employees challenging and rewarding work with flexible working arrangements including hybrid working and flexi-time with opportunities for learning and development and salary sacrifice options.

Special Conditions

• Successful applicant will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Check (NPC) prior to being made an offer of employment.
• Australian residency or current works permit is required (responsibility of applicant to provide evidence of a current work permit).

Requirements

• 3 year term contract, full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
• Desirable Qualifications: An appropriate tertiary qualification in natural resource management, environmental science, water related discipline or equivalent is desirable.
• A current class “C” driver’s license, and willingness to drive, is essential.
• Some out of hours work, intrastate travel involving overnight absences from home or out of normal office hours is required as part of the position.

Remuneration: $97,022 - $102,626 per annum (ASO6).